Marc Daniel van Biemen (1986) is among Holland’s most established concert artists. Described by The New York Times as ‘a dynamic and brilliantly virtuosic violinist’, he has won the 2nd prize at the Oskar Back Violin Competition, a special prize at the Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition and was the recipient of the 2014 'Prix de Salon'. He has played solo with orchestras such as the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Limburg Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, The Hague Youth Orchestra and Royal Conservatory Orchestra of The Hague. At age 24, Marc Daniel joined the first violin section of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra after completing the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. He has served as guest concertmaster of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia in Carnegie Hall under Krzysztof Penderecki and the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
He has collaborated with artists such as Leonidas Kavakos, Matthias Goerne, Lisa Batiashvili, Janine Jansen, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Murray Perahia, Leif Ove Andsnes, Torleif Thedéen and many others and is the leader of Camerata RCO as well as the first violinist of the Alma Quartet. Marc Daniel studied with Jaap van Zweden and Herman Krebbers and continued his studies at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Yale School of Music where he received his Certificate in Performance with Syoko Aki. He plays on a Nicolò Amati violin from 1675.